Merata and Whapakaka: expanding notions of (auto)biography through Māori lenses
Merata and Whapakaka: expanding notions of (auto)biography through Māori lenses
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https://doi.org/10.31501/esf.v1i25.14005Abstract
Through the documentary Merata: How Mum Decolonized the Screen (Mita, 2018), this article discusses how Māori cultural perspectives expand Western notions of (auto) biography. By interpreting the film through a Māori whakapapa lens (a non-anthropocentric genealogy), the article demonstrates how the (auto)biographical documentary about Merata displays, simultaneously, a personal narrative and a history of Māori resistence. Intertwined with film analysis, the article includes the authors’ autobiographical reflections as migrants in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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